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Survey: This is the most distracting app for teens
Teens using TikTok, Instagram, and Snapchat say one of them affects their sleep and focus more.
By Rebecca Ruiz
Milk, tears, and Digimon: BTS' 'Hot Ones' episode was pure chaos
The group sang the 'Digimon Adventure' theme song while trying to survive the wing challenge.
By Crystal Bell
Bluesky's new AI is being rejected by users, blocked more than White House account
App users are blocking "Attie" in droves.
We didn't grow up on social media. We grew up on digital nicotine.
A landmark ruling may finally be Silicon Valley's wake-up call, activist Lennon Torres writes.
By Lennon Torres
J.K. Rowling controversy explained
The author uses her mammoth social media following to target trans people. How did we get here?
Desperate times: Reddit considers adding ID verification to fight flood of AI bots
Will this anger Reddit's user base?
By Matt Binder
The incel glossary decoded: Alpha males, body counts and the manosphere’s key terms
From betabux to the Wall, the internet's most toxic dating vocabulary, decoded.
Pinterest CEO says ban kids under 16 from social media
Bill Ready added that removing social media features for Pinterest's own users under 16 didn't hurt the platform.
By Matt Binder
TIL creators need a prenup for their TikTok
For creators, dividing joint assets is a little more complicated.
Is X down? Thousands of users report outage.
X appears to be having issues on Wednesday morning.
Elon Musk's X teases new dislike button on replies
A feature that the old Twitter previously tested out appears poised to return to X.
By Matt Binder
Timothée Chalamet loses Best Actor at the Oscars. Social media celebrates.
Better luck next year.
Steven Spielberg praises ballet and opera at SXSW amid Timothée Chalamet backlash
The director's comments about the communal power of art drew cheers from the crowd.
By Crystal Bell
'Pokémon Pokopia' is the cozy escape the internet needed
The cozy new Pokémon game is going viral for its colorful world, gentle gameplay, and refreshingly hopeful vision of community.
By Crystal Bell
Bluesky's CEO is stepping down. Here's why.
Jay Graber will remain with the top X alternative, just in a different role.
By Matt Binder
Indonesia to ban social media for children under 16
It's because of perceived threats like porn and social media addiction.
By Anna Iovine
The Looksmaxxing Glossary: Every term you need to understand the internet's most unhinged subculture
Looksmaxxing is rotting your For Your Page. Here's your decoder ring.
Verified LinkedIn users' data is shared in shocking ways, report claims
When you share your photo ID with LinkedIn, a third-party called Persona shares it too.
By Matt Binder
The internet is worried about Punch the monkey. The zoo says he's OK.
A viral video sparked panic online, but the Ichikawa City Zoo says that's just normal monkey business.
By Crystal Bell
Elon Musk's Grok faces another EU investigation over nonconsensual AI images
Grok's AI image generation feature reportedly created tens of thousands of sexual images of children.
By Matt Binder
This dad is turning his 3-year-old's stories into adorable, groovy songs
You need to hear the Apple Man song.
By Tim Marcin
